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STRAW. STAGKER CARRIAGE. No. 291,350. Patented Jan.v 1, 1884.

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STRAW-STACKER CARRIAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,350, dated` January 1, 1884.

Application iled October-V30, 1883. (No model.) l

To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that we, J. W. IMLER and D. W. SNowDnN, citizens of the United States, residing at Imlertown, in the county of Bedford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in StrawStacker Carriages, and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apy pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or gures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a plan view of the invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation, and Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view.

This invention has relation to straw-stacker carriages; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of devices,as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed ont in the `claim appended.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, c' designates the main carriageframe, which is adapted to be connected to the rear end of thethrashing-machine in any suitable manner.

Upon the `main frame c is mounted an auxiliary revolving and sliding frame,`b. The

' rear cross-timber, c, of the main frame is provided in its upper face with an annular baseplate, d, having a central opening, e. This base-plate d is let into a recess, e', in the crosstimber c.

Upon the base-plate d an annular top plate, f, rests and revolves. This top plate f also has a central opening, y, and is secured in a recess, g, in the under face of the bed-plate h of the revolving frame b. The top plate i of the revolving frame b is slotted through longitudinally and vertically at its middle for nearly its entire length, as shown at i', and it is held upon the bedplate h by guide-clamps kk, which permit it to slide endwise on said bed-plate, so that the straw-carrier may be moved to avoid a post in the barn or mow. Ashaft, Z, passes through the central openings in the base-plate d and top plate f, and is provided at each end with a mitergear wheel, m m. The guide-clamp k is provided with a bearing, n, for a hollow pinion, o, which meshes with the upper miter-gear, m. A grooved shaft, p, having a bearing, p', at one end of the top plate f, slides through the hollow pinion o, and a screw, g, in the sleeve o of the pinion o enters the groove o' of the shaft jo, and causes the pinion to revolve with the shaft p, which is provided with a band-wheel, s, on its outer end.`

t t designate the bearings for the lower carriershaft, which is provided at one end with a band-wheel, s', which is connected with the band-wheel s by a belt or chain. The rear crosstimber of the main frame is provided on its under face with hangers au, which furnish bearings for the shaft o, provided with the pinion w, which meshes with the miter-gear m, and the band -wheel x, which receives the `belt from the thrashing-machine. By this construction we are enabled to deliver the straw at any fractional part of threefourths of a circle by revolving the auxiliary frame, and we may avoid a post in the barn i or mow by sliding the top plate i on the bedplate h, which moves the straw-carrier to one side without disengaging the gearing.

Having thus fully described our invention,

what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a straw-stacker carriage, the combination of the bed plate, the revolving frame pivoted thereon, a sliding top plate, guideclamp connecting it to the bed -plate and formed with a shaft-bearing, a grooved sliding shaft, a'lotavel-pinionf on said shaft, the bevelgear wheel m, and pivot-shaftt, whereby the sliding top plate may be shifted to move the straw-carrier on said sliding top plate with out disengaging the gearing, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

J. W. IMLER. D. W. SNOVDEN.

Witnesses:

D. F. KEAGY, S. E. FLUKE. 

